Auditors are important. Many Christian churches and ministries are required either by law or by their Constitution to appoint an auditor to give an opinion on whether their end-of-year financial statements comply with law and provide a true and fair view of their finances. Many stakeholders such as donors and suppliers take comfort from seeing that an independent expert has looked at and validated the accounts against auditing standards (similar to the way that the CMA Standards Council examines and validates governance against governance standards). Click here for a brief article from the CMA Standards Council, which may help you when it comes time to select your auditor.